Date/Time
Date(s) - February 22, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location
St. Paul's Church, Kingston
Categories
Please join the Kingston and District Branch of the United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada (UELAC) on Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 2:30PM for their regular Branch meeting and presentation.
Dan Buchanan will be presenting a talk entitled: “HMS Speedy: Tragedy and Mystery,” the subject of a new book by Dan.
From the publisher:
“Here is a tragedy and a mystery. HMS Speedy set sail from York on October 7, 1804, headed for Newcastle on Presqu’ile Point. On board were twenty passengers, most of them expecting to participate in a murder trial at the court house. A bad storm came up and the ship never arrived at Newcastle. It, along with all twenty souls, were never seen again. That included Ogetonicut, the Mississauga man accused of murdering John Sharp at Lake Scugog earlier in the year. Tensions between the government, the settlers and the Indigenous people forced the trial to take place way down the lake rather than at York, leading to the tragedy. In the early 1990s, a diver in Belleville was certain he had found the remains of HMS Speedy, but archaeologists did not agree. New information has come to light that might change some minds. But it is still a mystery!”
The meeting will be held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church on Queen Street, Kingston. Please enter the Parish Hall off of Montreal Street.
Those unable to attend in person are welcome to participate by Zoom using this link.